One of the digital products we've previously mentioned on the Guardian Beta blog is n0tice.com, which went public today with a full open release. It is described as "a platform which re-thinks local news for the social-local-mobile (so-lo-mo) world" and which seeks to answer the question "what's happening near you?"

The service had previously been invite only, but is now open to all. There is a short video describing how it works.

If there's one thing we hope n0tice can do it's that it may encourage us to be better participants and keen observers in the world. By using the power of the digital network to amplify what's important and interesting in the world around us perhaps the concept of a community will be more meaningful to everyone.

Sarah has also blogged about the launch, with a focus on how journalists can use the tools for liveblogging, collaborative story gathering and mobile reporting.

You can sign up to n0tice.com here, and send feedback directly to matt@n0tice.com. The team behind it promise "a series of major developments in the next few weeks including the release of the n0tice api, a Facebook app and the launch of an iPhone app."